Hip-Hop music group MRB performs in front of the Sate Capitol in Sacramento on Monday. California celebrated the 50th anniversary of hip-hop with a recognition and peace rally. (Wally Skalij / Los ...

From Kendrick Lamar’s five-trophy sweep to Clipse’s comeback and Mad Skillz’s overdue recognition, the 2026 Grammys marked a ...

This conversation, in partnership with LAist, took place before a live audience at the Crawford, LAist’s live event venue in Pasadena, California. The 50th anniversary of hip-hop. Born in the Bronx, ...

The Minnesota hip-hop duo will perform at The Observatory North Park in San Diego on Feb. 10 and at The Novo in Los Angeles ...

As it celebrates its 50th birthday, we are mapping hip-hop's story on a local level, with more than a dozen city-specific histories of the music and culture. Click here to see the entire list. If you ...

I don’t come from the ghetto. It doesn’t speak my language. And as I said in print many times, hip-hop does not belong in the ...

The San Francisco-based record label Empire brought together local music legends in San Francisco Sunday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, putting a spotlight on the Bay Area’s critical ...

Rolling Loud California 2025 wasted no time making history. As the festival’s first night unfolded on March 15, Peso Pluma took center stage, shattering tradition as the first regional Mexican artist ...

How to encompass half a century of hip-hop? You start by acknowledging you can’t. Too many stars, too many songs, too many places, too many scandals: Hip-hop is an entire universe — a musical genre, ...

For a brief, golden moment at the turn of the millennium, Californian ...